Six Nations, Week 2, Part 1
Stats
In the second week of the Six Nations, France beat Ireland in Paris, England beat Italy in Rome and Wales beat Scotland in Cardiff. In this section we give some statistics from the matches. Later we shall discuss incidents, firstly the penalty try and the sending off, and then other incidents.
Cards
There were two, one a hectic red, one yellow.
Ian Gough of Wales received a yellow one for a late tackle on Scott Murray, Scott Murray received a red one for kicking Ian Gough in the head.
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised. In (i), for example, France were penalised 13 times, Ireland 4 times.
• = points conceded
(i) France vs Ireland
Total number of penalties: 17
France: 13
Ireland: 4
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
France:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Magne 3, Bonnaire, Pelous, Thion, Rougerie)
Off-side: 5 (Fritz, Pelous*, Marty, Rougerie)
Discipline: 1 (Bruno – collapsing maul)
Ireland:
Tackle/ruck: 3 (Easterby* 3)
Scrum: 1 (Hayes)
Ireland missed a kick at goal.
(ii) Italy vs England
Total number of penalties: 19
Italy: 8
England: 11
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Italy:
Tackle/ruck: 8 (Nitoglia, Dellapè, Ongaro, Canavosio, Griffen, Bortolami* 2, Stoica)
England:
Tackle/Ruck: 8 (Cohen, Moody* 3, Corry 2, Noon, Voyce)
Off-side: 1 (Worsley)
Discipline: 2 (Grewcock – obstruction, Dallaglio – not back 10)
Italy missed a penalty kick at goal
(iii) Wales vs Scotland
Total number of penalties: 21
Wales: 13
Scotland: 8
The reasons for the penalties were as follows:
Wales:
Tackle/ruck: 7 (Simon Jones, Martyn Williams* 2, Matthew Watkins, Rhys Thomas, Philips, Robinson))
Off-side: 3 (Luscombe*, Watkins, Charvis)
Discipline: 3 (Gough 2 – air tackle & collapsing maul, Martyn Williams – trip)
Scotland:
Tackle/ruck: 2 (Blair, Hogg)
Off-side: 2 (Lamont, Henderson)
Scrum: 2 (Kerr, Douglas)
Discipline: 2 (White – obstruction, Murray – kicking an opponent)
Tackles/Penalties
This gives the number of penalties at ruck/tackle as a fraction of the total number of penalties:
Ireland vs Italy: 13/21 = 63%
England vs Wales: 12/19 = 63%
Scotland vs France: 7/14 = 50%
France vs Ireland: 10/17 = 57%
Italy vs England: 16/19 = 89%
Wales vs Scotland: 9/21 = 43%
Getting possession – line-outs, scrums, free-kicks, drop-outs, turn-overs
In this section the figures represent the number of times you get to play with the ball. In (i), for example, France threw into 8 line-outs, Ireland into 9 scrums. A line-out lost is recorded and a skew throw-in. At scrums, resets, loss and sanctions are recorded.
(i) France vs Ireland
France:
Line-outs: 8 (2 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 11 (2 reset)
Free-kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 2
Ireland:
Line-outs: 17 (2 lost, 2 quick)
Scrums: 9 (5 reset, 1 lost, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 1
(ii) Italy vs England
Italy:
Line-outs: 13 (3 lost, 1 penalty, 1 skew)
Scrums: 10 (6 reset, 1 lost, 1 free kick)
Free-kicks: 2 (scrums)
Drop-outs: 3
England:
Line-outs: 21 (4 quick)
Scrums: 6 (3 reset, 2 free kick)
Free-kicks: 1 (scrum)
Drop-outs: 2
(iii) Wales vs Scotland
Wales:
Line-outs: 17 (1 lost, 1 quick)
Scrums: 14 (3 reset, 2 penalties, 1 wheeled)
Free-kicks: 1 (mark)
Drop-outs: 1
Scotland:
Line-outs: 22 (4 lost, 2 free kicks, 1 penalty)
Scrums: 10 (5 reset)
Free- kicks: 0
Drop-outs: 1
Stoppages (total of line-outs, scrums with resets, free kicks, penalties, drop-outs):
France vs Ireland: 73
Italy vs England: 86
Wales vs Scotland: 95
Tries
This is the number of tries each team scored.
(i) France vs Ireland:
France: 5
Ireland: 4
(ii) Italy vs England:
Italy: 1
England: 4
(iii) Wales vs Scotland:
Wales: 3
Scotland: 2
Tries/penalties scored
This gives the ratio of tries score to penalties scored by each team:
France: 6/0
Ireland: 4/1
Italy: 1/1
England: 4/1
Wales: 4/0
Scotland: 2/2
This means that, remarkably, 21 tries were scored to 5 penalty goals.
Some Totals:
Penalties conceded:
Ireland vs Italy: 9 + 12 = 21
England vs Wales: 8 + 11 = 19
Scotland vs France: 6 + 8 = 14
France vs Ireland: 13 + 4 = 17
Italy vs England: 8 + 11 = 19
Wales vs Scotland: 13 + 8 = 21
Penalties conceded per country:
England: 8 + 11 = 19
France: 8 + 13 = 21
Ireland: 9 + 4 = 13
Italy:12 + 8 = 20
Scotland: 6 + 8 = 14
Wales: 11 + 13 = 24
Stoppages by match:
Ireland vs Italy: 88
England vs Wales: 75
Scotland vs France: 77
France vs Ireland: 73
Italy vs England: 86
Wales vs Scotland: 95
